June 5, 2009
Oakgrove Eaglebots in the News
After taking 1st and 2nd overall in the Northern California Regional Botball tournament earlier this year, the San Jose Oak Grove High School Eaglebots have been featured repeatedly in the news as they continue their hard work with their sights set on this year’s International Botball Tournament at the Global Conference on Educational Robotics.
KGO-TV abc7news Lisa Amin, Thursday May 28, 2009
KTVU-2 Heather Holmes, Monday May 25, 2009
See their site for more information.
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May 4, 2009
Botball on TV in Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Educational Television Authority’s documentary program State of Creativity will feature a segment on Botball during the episode premiering May 5th 2009 at 9:00pm. For more information, check out the show’s website.
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April 25, 2008
Botball in the News: New England, Northern California, Qatar, and Florida
There has been TONS of Botball coverage in the media from coast to coast in the U.S. and across the pond in Qatar. Check out all the awesome articles below!
New England News:
The Andover Townsman has an excellent article and great pictures about the West Middle School Botball Team and the Andover High School Botball Team: Link
Wicked Local Lexington interviewed students from the Lexington High School Botball team after the New England Regional Botball Tournament: Link
Northern California News:
The San Mateo Daily News and the Palo Alto Daily News covered the Northern California Botball Tournament and interviewed students from the Los Altos Community Botball Team, Hillsdale High School Botball Team, and the Crystal Springs Uplands Botball Team: Link
Sheri Ahlheim, the team leader for the Peninsula High School Botball team wrote in to The News Tribune after they ran an article about another school’s robotic program: Link
Qatar News:
Xpress reported on the Dubai American Academy’s Botball Team: Link
The Peninsula On-line covered the Qatar Regional Botball Tournament and interviewed a representative from Carnegie Mellon University Qatar: Link
Florida News:
Lee High School’s Engineering Academy participates in the Florida Regional Botball Program. NBC 12 reports on all the good things the students are doing: Link
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April 7, 2008
Botball in the News: New England Regional Botball
New and returning Botball teams from Massachusetts competing in the New England Regional received good press over the weekend!
The Eagle-Tribune has a great article about a first year team, Haverhill High School: Link
The MetroWest Daily News reports on a long time veteran team from Ashland High School: Link
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March 7, 2008
Botball in the News: Oklahoma Regional Botball
Middle school and high school students participating in the Oklahoma Regional Botball Robotics Program have been making headlines lately.
The Dimensions Academy Botball team from Norman, Oklahoma represented Norman Public Schools Feb. 18, 2008 at the State Capitol in Oklahoma City for the State Superintendent’s Tech Day.
To find out more, read the article from the Norman Transcript: http://www.normantranscript.com/localnews/local_story_059002355
Jennifer Palmer, a writer for The Oklahoman, covered the Oklahoma Regional Botball Tournament on Saturday March 1, 2008. She interviewed students from Whittier Middle School’s all-girls Botball team and first year Botballers from Moore West Junior High School.
To see what the students said about this year’s Botball program and tournament: http://newsok.com/article/3210940/1204428604
Watch a KWTV Channel 9 news segment about the Oklahoma Regional Botball Tournament: http://newsok.com/article/3210940/1204428604
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February 25, 2008
Botball in the News: Botballers hold weekend robotics camp
Is your Botball team in the market for a cool fund raising idea? Holding a robotics camp can raise money to help your team pay for Botball and it lets younger students in the community know about the practical applications of science, technology, engineering, and math!
Check out what the Edwardsville High School Botball team and the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering are doing:
According to The Telegraph, The SIUE School of Engineering and the Edwardsville High School Botball team have been working together for the past five years to hold a robotics camp “aimed at sparking interest in math and science in middle school students”.
Check out the online article, here.
Check out pictures from the camp, here.
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July 31, 2007
Botball in the News: Post-NCER
Many Botball teams from across the nation are starting to spread the word about their achievements during this summer’s National Conference on Educational Robotics! Check out the links below to read about 2 mainland teams who made the trip to Honolulu for the event:
Robert E. Lee Botball Teams (Florida Region) in the Florida Times-Union: Lee High team improves showing at Botball robotics event
Norman High Botball Team (Oklahoma Region) in the Norman Transcript: It’s not all about the bots
Waiakea High School, Kealakehe High School, Waimea Middle School, Waiakea Intermediate School, Hilo High/Hilo Intermediate School combined team, Honokaa High School, Christian Liberty Academy and Earl’s Garage (Hawaii Region) in the Hawaii Tribube-Herald: Big Isle Botballers play big
If you have NCER or Botball related news to share with the Botball community, send the story to Jenny Grigsby.
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July 12, 2007
NCER in the News!
The students, team leaders, parents, and robot enthusiasts participating in the 6th Annual National Conference on Educational Robotics have been making headlines. Check out the links below to catch up on all the NCER action!
Botball in the Honolulu Advertiser: Future Engineers Square Off at Robotics Contest
Botball on KHNL/NBC: Robotics Conference in Hawai`i
Botball in the Star Bulletin: Robot-Minded Students Show Off Their Creations
Botball on KHON/FOX: Botball Tournament at the Hawaii Convention Center